After exposing alleged electoral fraud by the ANC in Kwazulu-Natal, the ex-IFP and later ANC councillor has “had to flee” South Africa as he fears for his family’s life.

So according to News24, the story goes that André Lötter – while serving as an ANC councillor in Vryheid in KZN — discovered that the ANC was breaking the law by corrupting the voter’s roll and bussing in voters from other wards.

Luckily the man came to his senses and got the judiciary to stop the by-elections due to the ANC’s less than honourable actions; but his actions have forced him to flee SA and seek political asylum on the French island of Reunion.

According to Lötter, him and his Ugandan wife have had to flee their home and use “fake addresses” since exposing the ANC’s electoral fraud in Vryheid and they now fear for their lives should they return to South Africa.

Mihidoiri Ali, Lötter’s lawyer in Reunion is optimistic about his chances to be granted asylum.

“He asked directly for asylum at the airport customs. He is now legally on French ground.”

“I am convinced that André Lötter will get political asylum. Not only does his case fit the Geneva Conventions, it fits the French Constitution that gives asylum to every person persecuted because of their actions to protect freedom.”

Now, it’s not like André just gave up and ran. He had committed himself to fighting for what’s right, it’s just that the ruling party’s alleged threats got to him and, well… family first.

“I finally decided to leave the ANC, and started to fight for free and fair elections. I went to court to postpone an election, but then started to receive threats,” he told the publication.

“My car was burnt. Then my farm was taken from me. For months, I lived with my wife and my one-year-old daughter at fake addresses, but the administration found us. We really feared for our lives. At the end of May, we took the hard decision to leave the country.”